From: Lennart Borgman <lennart.borgman.073@student.lu.se>
Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org
Subject: Re: copy-file: ok-if-already-exists versus mustbenew
Date: Mon, 15 May 2006 22:11:00 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <4468E054.2060509@student.lu.se> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <200605151757.k4FHv4Ov014980@jane.dms.auburn.edu>
Luc Teirlinck wrote:
> Lennart Borgman wrote:
>
> I am trying to enhance my reading capabilities, but I can not understand
> the difference between the arguments ok-if-already-exists and mustbenew
> in the doc for `copy-file'. Can someone please explain this to me?
>
>
>
...
> However it sounds like the second argument should be about modification
> times, but the doc string does not say so.
>
> I do not understand this one. I assume you mean the second _optional_
> argument. From the docstring:
>
By "second" I meant "mustbenew" here.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2006-05-15 20:11 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2006-05-15 16:09 copy-file: ok-if-already-exists versus mustbenew Lennart Borgman
2006-05-15 17:57 ` Luc Teirlinck
2006-05-15 20:11 ` Lennart Borgman [this message]
2006-05-16 4:28 ` Richard Stallman
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